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Swimming at the Summer Paralympics
Governing bodyIPC
Events147 (men: 82; women: 65)
Games

Swimming has been contested at every Summer Paralympics. At the first games, the 1960 Paralympics, 62 swimming events were held in distances of 25 and 50 metres, plus a 3×50 metre relay for men. Since then, swimming at the Paralympics has grown to 140 events covering distances from 50 to 400 metres, plus 4×50 and 4×100 metre relays. Along with track and field athletics, it is one of the largest sports at the Paralympics in terms of the number of events, competitors, and spectators.

As with most Paralympic sports, athletes are classified according to the type and extent of their disability.

The International Paralympic Committee recognizes the fastest times swum at the games as Paralympic records.

Summary

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Games Year Events Best Nation
1 1960 69  Italy
2 1964 62  United States
3 1968 68  Great Britain
4 1972 56  Netherlands
5 1976 146  Netherlands
6 1980 193  Poland
7 1984 347  Netherlands
8 1988 259  United States
9 1992 199  United States
10 1996 168  Germany
11 2000 170  Canada
12 2004 167  China
13 2008 141  United States
14 2012 148  China
15 2016 153  China
16 2020 146  China

Medal table

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Updated to 2024 Summer Paralympics. Countries in italics are former countries who participated in the Paralympic Games.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)294231227752
2 Great Britain (GBR)248265244757
3 Netherlands (NED)191136118445
4 Canada (CAN)171130129430
5 China (CHN)161146116423
6 Australia (AUS)149180185514
7 France (FRA)122113114349
8 Poland (POL)11911586320
9 Spain (ESP)112130126368
10 Sweden (SWE)11112584320
11 Ukraine (UKR)919597283
12 West Germany (FRG)766758201
13 Norway (NOR)725141164
14 Germany (GER)657664205
15 Italy (ITA)657173209
16 Israel (ISR)635952174
17 Brazil (BRA)474856151
18 Japan (JPN)443347124
19 Denmark (DEN)383765140
20 South Africa (RSA)34252786
21 Russia (RUS)33263392
22 New Zealand (NZL)33211771
23 Mexico (MEX)32203183
24 Hungary (HUN)28303492
25 Belarus (BLR)2512643
26 Iceland (ISL)24132461
27 Austria (AUT)19131749
28 RPC (RPC)17141849
29 Neutral Paralympic Athletes (NPA)16141141
30 Argentina (ARG)15262566
31 Czech Republic (CZE)1471839
32 Rhodesia (RHO)12131136
33 Greece (GRE)11181443
34 Ireland (IRL)11121033
35 Finland (FIN)7172448
36 Unified Team (EUN)73717
37 South Korea (KOR)72514
38 Singapore (SIN)7119
39 Belgium (BEL)6161537
40 Azerbaijan (AZE)58316
41 Jamaica (JAM)56314
42 Colombia (COL)414927
43 Switzerland (SUI)310821
44 Yugoslavia (YUG)35917
45 Cyprus (CYP)3238
46 Romania (ROM)3104
47 Estonia (EST)2529
48 Uzbekistan (UZB)24915
49 Slovakia (SVK)2215
50 Peru (PER)2136
51 Turkey (TUR)2024
52 Faroe Islands (FRO)17513
53 Egypt (EGY)13610
54 Thailand (THA)1348
55 Chile (CHI)1236
56 Cuba (CUB)1225
57 Luxembourg (LUX)1203
58 Hong Kong (HKG)1146
59 Kazakhstan (KAZ)1113
60 Independent Paralympic Participants (IPP)1102
61 India (IND)1001
 Kenya (KEN)1001
63 Soviet Union (URS)011920
64 Portugal (POR)03710
65 Zimbabwe (ZIM)0235
66 Uruguay (URU)0145
67 Kuwait (KUW)0123
68 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0112
 Lithuania (LTU)0112
70 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)0101
 Bulgaria (BUL)0101
 Vietnam (VIE)0101
73 Croatia (CRO)0066
74 Slovenia (SLO)0022
75 Bahamas (BAH)0011
 Morocco (MAR)0011
 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)0011
Totals (77 entries)2,6442,5142,4457,603

Multiple Paralympic swimming medalists

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This table is updated to the 2016 Paralympics.

Australian swimmer Priya Cooper acknowledges the crowd after another winning performance in the S8 class at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games
Athlete Nation Years active Class(es) Gold Silver Bronze Total
Trischa Zorn  United States 1980 - 2004 B1, B2, B3 41 9 4 54
Béatrice Hess  France 1984 - 2004 S5 20 5 0 25
Michael Edgson  Canada 1984 - 1992 B3 18 0 0 18
Jessica Long  United States 2004 - S8, SB7, SM8 16 8 5 29
Mike Kenny  Great Britain 1976 - 1988 1A, 1C 16 2 0 18
Ihar Boki  Belarus 2012 - S13, SB13, SM13 16 1 1 18
Mayumi Narita  Japan 1996 - 2004 SM4, S4, SB3, 20pts 15 3 2 20
Daniel Dias  Brazil 2008 - 2016 S5 14 7 6 27
Erin Popovich  United States 2000 - 2008 S6, S7 14 5 0 19
Matthew Cowdrey  Australia 2004 - 2012 S9 13 7 3 23
Erling Trondsen  Norway 1976 - 1992 C1, A3, L4, S8, SM8 13 6 1 20
Claudia Hengst  West Germany /  Germany 1988 - 2004 L6, SM10 13 4 8 25
Natalie du Toit  South Africa 2004 - 2012 S9 13 2 0 15
John Morgan  United States 1984 - 1992 B1, B2 13 2 0 15
Uri Bergman  Israel 1976 - 1988 6 12 1 2 15
Sophie Pascoe  New Zealand 2008 - S10, SB9, SM10, S9, SM9 11 7 1 19
David Roberts  Great Britain 2000 - 2008 S7 11 4 1 16
Joseph Wengier  Israel 1972 - 1988 ? 10 4 5 19
Magdalena Tjernberg  Sweden 1984 - 1988 B1 10 3 0 13
Elizabeth Scott  United States 1992 - 2000 B3? 10 2 5 17
Marijke Ruiter  Netherlands 1972 - 1976 5 10 0 0 10
Christopher Holmes  Great Britain 1988 - 2000 S12? 9 5 1 15
Priya Cooper  Australia 1992 - 2000 S8 9 3 4 16
Jacqueline Freney  Australia 2008 - 2012 SM7, S7, S8, 34pts 8 0 3 11
Stephanie Dixon  Canada 2000 - 2008 S9 7 8 2 17
Siobhan Paton  Australia 2000 S14 6 0 0 6

Nations

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Nation 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Argentina (ARG) 5 8 10 7 8 5 2 2 8 8 10 12 8 11 14
 Armenia (ARM) 1 1 2
 Aruba (ARU) 1 1
 Australia (AUS) 1 8 14 7 8 11 29 25 27 30 53 30 35 34 36 15
 Austria (AUT) 8 4 17 9 10 9 4 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 14
 Azerbaijan (AZE) 1 2 2
 Bahamas (BAH) 2 4 2
 Barbados (BAR) 1 1
 Belarus (BLR) 2 2 7 6 6 6 6
 Belgium (BEL) 4 2 11 12 3 2 4 4 4 3 2 4 4 13
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 1 1
 Brazil (BRA) 1 1 1 5 9 13 11 63 21 24 20 34 12
 Bulgaria (BUL) 1 1
 Canada (CAN) 15 14 26 31 53 27 23 13 25 19 21 24 26 13
 Chile (CHI) 1 1 1 1 1 2 6
 China (CHN) 15 10 7 11 27 51 40 51 61 9
 Chinese Taipei (TPE) 2 3 1 1 1 2 6
 Colombia (COL) 2 4 2 3 6 9 6
 Costa Rica (CRC) 1 1
 Croatia (CRO) 3 2 2 3 4 4 2 7
 Cuba (CUB) 4 2 1 1 1 2 3 7
 Cyprus (CYP) 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 8
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 3 2 2
 Czech Republic (CZE) 2 13 16 7 7 6 6
 Denmark (DEN) 3 5 5 15 15 14 14 14 14 8 4 5 4 13
 Ecuador (ECU) 3 1 1 3
 Egypt (EGY) 7 8 3 9 3 5 1 2 8
 Estonia (EST) 3 4 4 3 2 2 3 7
 Faroe Islands (FRO) 3 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 9
 Fiji (FIJ) 7 1 1 3
 Finland (FIN) 1 10 14 8 7 7 4 4 5 4 1 2 3 13
 France (FRA) 1 1 13 19 20 28 29 25 19 16 15 11 12 10 6 15
 Georgia (GEO) 1 1 2
 Germany (GER) 7 4 34 28 26 18 21 21 30 9
 Great Britain (GBR) 14 13 29 23 15 22 70 42 45 53 48 34 35 49 30 15
 Greece (GRE) 2 2 1 5 10 12 13 11 16 9
 Guatemala (GUA) 5 2 2
 Honduras (HON) 1 1
 Hong Kong (HKG) 3 2 3 2 3 4 5 2 8
 Hungary (HUN) 9 8 8 10 12 8 11 9 10 9
 Iceland (ISL) 5 7 10 9 8 4 1 2 2 3 10
 India (IND) 3 3 2 1 1 5
 Indonesia (INA) 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 8
 Individual Paralympic Athletes (IPA) 1 1
 Iran (IRI) 1 1 2
 Iraq (IRQ) 1 1 2
 Ireland (IRL) 1 3 4 4 1 5 5 4 3 3 3 6 5 4 14
 Israel (ISR) 2 5 19 15 24 8 13 12 11 7 8 8 7 5 7 15
 Italy (ITA) 16 14 12 4 5 2 11 20 10 7 2 7 10 11 21 15
 Jamaica (JAM) 3 8 4 1 1 5
 Japan (JPN) 6 3 1 8 6 7 37 10 7 17 24 18 20 19 14
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) 1 1 2 4 4
 Kenya (KEN) 1 2 1 3
 Kuwait (KUW) 3 2 1 3
 Latvia (LAT) 1 1 2
 Lithuania (LTU) 1 1 2 1 1 5
 Luxembourg (LUX) 1 2 1 1 4
 Macau (MAC) 1 1 1 1 4
 Madagascar (MAD) 1 1
 Malaysia (MAS) 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 8
 Malta (MLT) 1 1 2
 Mauritius (MRI) 1 1 2
 Mexico (MEX) 1 19 15 8 1 3 4 12 11 11 16 20 12
 Moldova (MDA) 1 1
 Montenegro (MNE) 1 1 2
 Morocco (MAR) 3 3 1 3
 Myanmar (MYA) 2 1 1 3
 Namibia (NAM) 1 1
 Nepal (NEP) 1 1
 Netherlands (NED) 2 4 12 15 24 38 27 18 12 19 15 7 7 13 19 15
 New Zealand (NZL) 6 5 3 6 1 3 3 7 5 5 3 6 8 13
 Norway (NOR) 10 10 11 10 14 23 1 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 14
 Pakistan (PAK) 1 1
 Panama (PAN) 1 1 2
 Peru (PER) 1 1 2 2 2 2 6
 Philippines (PHI) 1 1 1 3
 Poland (POL) 14 18 29 14 17 9 8 23 24 12 9 8 12
 Portugal (POR) 6 6 5 8 4 5 6
 Puerto Rico (PUR) 2 1
 Rhodesia (RHO) 1 3 11 12 4
 Romania (ROU) 2 3 2
 Russia (RUS) 10 20 15 34 36 5
 Rwanda (RWA) 1 1
 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) 2 1 1
 Seychelles (SEY) 1 1
 Singapore (SGP) 2 1 2 2 2 5
 Slovakia (SVK) 5 6 4 3 2 1 6
 Slovenia (SLO) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
 Soviet Union (URS) 8 1
 South Africa (RSA) 3 3 9 10 2 12 9 10 10 6 10
 South Korea (KOR) 16 3 2 3 4 5 9 8 8
 Spain (ESP) 4 14 6 10 20 19 52 41 55 47 39 32 12
 Sri Lanka (SRI) 1 1 2
 Sudan (SUD) 2 1
 Sweden (SWE) 5 10 25 31 23 24 18 17 8 3 4 5 6 13
 Switzerland (SUI) 2 9 6 9 9 3 5 3 3 2 5 1 1 1 14
 Syria (SYR) 1 1
 Thailand (THA) 2 2 1 1 10 12 8 7 4 9
 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 4 4 1 3
 Turkey (TUR) 1 1 2 2 3 5
 Uganda (UGA) 1 1
 Ukraine (UKR) 7 11 21 31 44 45 6
 Unified Team (EUN) 11 1
 United States (USA) 6 25 33 20 32 45 63 73 66 42 29 45 38 34 33 15
 Uruguay (URU) 1 1 1 3
 Uzbekistan (UZB) 1 1 7 3
 Venezuela (VEN) 1 2 1 3 3 4 2 7
 Vietnam (VIE) 1 1 3 4 4
 West Germany (FRG) 20 19 18 44 35 14 6
 Yemen (YEM) 1 1
 Yugoslavia (YUG) 3 5 7 2 1 1 6
 Zimbabwe (ZIM) 3 1 2
Nations 15 13 24 33 34 36 43 44 56 50 62 61 62 66 79
Competitors 77 98 264 279 362 441 541 502 487 457 575 560 547 600 593
Year 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20

See also

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References

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  • "Swimming - About the sport". International Paralympic Committee. 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-14.